nd the sides and back of the house--a
novel and gratifying sight at a business meeting. The proportion
of men among the delegates and in the audiences, both day and
evening, was larger than usual....

Over the platform hung two large flags, that of the association,
with the two stars of Wyoming and Colorado, and another flag, the
work of Georgia ladies, on which was ingeniously depicted the
relative standing of the different States on this question. The
States where women have no form of suffrage were represented by
black stars. Those where they can vote for school committee or on
certain local questions had a golden rim. Kansas and Iowa had a
wider golden rim, to indicate municipal and bond suffrage.
Wyoming and Colorado shone with full and undimmed luster.
Portraits of Lucy Stone and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, draped in
yellow, adorned opposite sides of the platform.

Many of the delegates were from the Southern States, and some of
them strikingly illustrated Miss Anthony's assertion, "These
Southern women are born orators." In sweetness of voice, grace of
manner and personal charm they have all the qualities to make
most effective speakers, while in the fervor of their equal
rights sentiments they go even beyond their sisters from the
North and West. One handsome young lady, who sat on the platform
a good deal of the time, was supposed to be from New England,
because she wore her hair short. It turned out, however, that she
was from New Orleans and was a cousin of Jefferson Davis. The
announcement of this fact caused her to be received by the
audience with roars of enthusiasm.

The Atlanta papers devoted columns every day to friendly reports
and innumerable portraits. Ministers of different denominations
opened the convention with prayer and their pulpits afterwards
for addresses by the ladies. Some of the best people of the city
took visitors into their homes, entertaining them hospitably and
delightfully, and showing them what a Southern home is like. The
national officers and speakers were entertained by the Georgia W.
S. A. at the Aragon, and the State officers generously insisted
upon taking almost the entire expenses of the great convention
upon their own young shoulders. These "Georgia girls" devoted
unlimited time, thought and